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Thousands may go bust amid UK Omicron ‘fear campaign’, says pubs boss
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Thousands of hospitality firms across the UK could go bust by January because of a “fear campaign” and a lack of financial support following the surge in the Omicron variant, the boss of a leading pub chain has warned.
Young’s chief executive, Patrick Dardis, said a surge in cancellations for Christmas bookings would be dire for the hospitality sector, which relies heavily on the holiday season for its earnings.
He said the mixed messaging from government about risks and restrictions was leaving patrons “terribly confused” about whether to keep their bookings at a time when restaurants and pubs were already“hanging on by their fingernails”.
While the prime minister, Boris Johnson, struck an upbeat note about the rollout of the booster
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